One of the most popular projects for streaming audio is an Internet radio station or similar service, which functions much like a traditional radio station, but transmits over the Internet rather than over the radio waves.
Astream is a small media streaming audio project with no parent FM radio station and no expensive studio and broadcast equipment.
Streaming technology allows it to offer free content to the consumer, but without downloading, that is, without ownership transfer, which protects the service from charges of piracy.
Although streaming audio media often involves the use of computers, it can be accessed in a variety of ways using different types of hardware. In addition to a computer with a player program, there are Internet radio devices that allow a user to connect to these websites without a computer and listen to audio content.